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' P. A. FAZIO.

STEAM GENERATOR FURNACE.

No. 430,471. Patented June 17, 1890.

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FRANCESCO AMOROSO FAZIO, OF VENICE, ITALY.

STEAM-GENERATOR FURNACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,471, dated June 17,1890).

Application filed October 11, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCESCO AMOROSO FAZIO, a subject of the King ofItaly, residing at Venice, Italy, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Steam-Generator Furnaces, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a construction of steam-generator fire-place forburning liquid fuel, such as vegetable oil or any other fixed or fattyoil.

In the accompanying drawings, m aking part of this specification, FigureIis avert-ical section of a furnace embodying my invention. Fig. II is ahorizontal section of a fire-place. Figs. III and IV are end and sideviews, to a larger scale, of one of the revolving wickframes. Fig.,V isa cross-section through a boiler such as may be used with my furnace.Fig. VI represents the air inlet or register. Fig. VII isa verticalsection of a steam-generator provided with my invention. Fig. VIII is asection showing a modification of my invention.

V isatank containing the combustible vegetable oil.

B is a pan which is kept supplied with oil through a pipe I), guarded bya cock 0.

C are cylindrical frames or cages having radially-arranged wicks a, ofamianthus or asbcstus. Each frame is so supported in suitable bearingsby horizontal shaft 1' that the for-the-time-beinglower ends of thewicks dip into the oil, as shown in Figs. I, III, and IV. The frames Care slowly rotated by a suitable prime mover A, which communicates withthe shafts i through a suitable transmit- $erial No. 326,752. (Nomodel.)

ter. The oil-level in pan B may be kept aut0- matically uniform by meansof a customary float or ball-cock. A register T enables discretionaladmission or exclusion of draft-air. The rotation of the wick-cylindersmay be initiated by an auxiliary engine A, and afterward maintained bythe engine which is driven from the steam-generator. The frames C, withtheir amianthus wicks, plunge in the oil the depth necessary to regulatecombustion. The fire-place may have a circular, rectangular, or otherform of horizontal section.

Among the advantages of my new fireplace are: The securing of acontinuous automatic fuel-feed, which permits the regular production ofsteam,perfect combustion, and consequent economy of fuel and avoidanceof smoke, soot, and ashes, ease of extinguishment by closure of registerT, the best distribution of flame and consequent efficient utilizationof heat, the rendering such generators available essentially incountries destitute of coal and timber, economyin labor by diminishingthe number of persons employed.

I claim A steam-generator furnace consisting of the combination, with asteam-boiler, of a pan for holding vegetable oil and cylindrical framesbearing radial wicks of amianthus, which are caused to dip in said oilby rotation of said frames,.as and for the purpose set forth.

FRANCESCO AMOROSO FAZIO.

Witnesses:

DOMENICO ZASSO, VIKARDO LAMBONI.

